Adobe Illustrator Jumpstart

Learn Illustrator from beginners to an advanced level in just 5 days. This fast track class is for designers and budding developers new to the Illustrator environment, or those that have not had formal training. You’ll produce an exciting graphic project using both the classic features and the new and improved tools in Illustrator and will leave this class with the ability to create and incorporate vector graphics for different projects.

You will be prepared for and take the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exam at the end of this course.

Who is this course for?

Graphic designers or people transitioning into a design job or taking on design responsibilities who need to use Adobe Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements or other graphic documents. They may have little or no experience with Illustrator, although they may already use Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop.

Printing your Artwork
(4 topics)

Simulate multiple pages in Illustrator using the artboard and document setup

Flattening Transparency for raster effects like drop shadows

Glows and blurs

Creating separations with Spot color vs. Process colour

Enhancing your Workflow
(7 topics)

Live Colour for perfect Complementary / Analogous colours

Creating Smart objects

Dragging-and-dropping and exporting layers into Photoshop

Editing options for PDFs

Explore Links & Actions palettes

Release to Layers command for quick web animations

Get the best from Illustrator to Flash (SWF)

Basic computer skills are necessary to complete this course. These skills include: a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating and saving files, and copying files from CDs and other media.